Masculinity & Leadership

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We started this project by asking why Benito Mussolini was
skiing without a shirt in an archival photo. The activity and image are both
overtly masculine and we explored how widespread and pervasive the relationship
between masculinity and leadership is. Vladimir Putin hunts and horseback rides
shirtless. Barack Obama built a basketball course at the White House. Leaders
throw the first pitch, don military uniforms, make exercise videos, and hunt.
We explore how these activities are made public and why.